Egg Island, Horseshoe Reef

The site is important for black-faced cormorants

Egg Island is a small island, with an area of 0.97 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the North Coast Group, lying in Bass Strait on Horseshoe Reef near Devonport in north-west Tasmania. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because of its globally significant colony of black-faced cormorants.[1] Wright Island is nearby.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species include little penguin, black-faced cormorant (over 500 pairs), silver gull, crested tern and Caspian tern.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "IBA: Egg Island (Bass Strait)". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  2. ↑ Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X

Coordinates: 41°09′S 146°25′E / 41.150°S 146.417°E / -41.150; 146.417


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